Dick Grayson, Boy Wonder
Subtitle: scholars and creators on 75 years of Robin, Nightwing and Batman
By: edited by Kristen L. Geaman
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780786497881
Subjects: History and criticism; Comic books, strips
Description: "Dick Grayson--alter-ego of the original Robin of Batman comics--has gone through various changes in his 75 years as a superhero but has remained the optimistic, humorous character readers first embraced in 1940. This collection of new essays features critical analysis, as well as interviews with some of the biggest names to write Dick Grayson"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Robin the Boy Wonder; title: Success in Stasis: Dick Grayson's Thirty Years as a Boy Wonder / J.L. Bell; title: Outlining the Future Robin: The Seventies in the Batman Family / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Cesar Alfonso Marino; title: Fashioning Himself a Hero: Robin's Costume and Its Role in Shaping His Identity / Joshua R. Pangborn; title: The Gray(son) Area: Performing Robin the Right Way / Cara L. MacNeil-Donoghue; title: Part II: The Original Dynamic Duo: Dick Grayson and Brucy Wayne; title: The Child Is Father to the (Bat)Man: The Inverted Parent-Child Dynamic of DC Comics' Dynamic Duo / David Kingsley; title: Dick Grayson and the Literary Tradition of Heroic Friendship / Emily Zinkin; title: "The Loyal Heart": Homosocial Bonding and Homoerotic Subtext Between Batman and Robin, 1939-1943 / Catherine M. Vale; title: Part III: Nightwing and Beyond: Dick Grayson Grows Up; title: Boy Wonder to Man Wonder: Dick Grayson's Transition to Nightwing and the Bildungsroman / Kristen L. Geaman; title: Building Character: The Writers Who Shaped Dick Grayson's Personality / Christopher McKittrick; title: The Heart and Soul: Dick Grayson as the Center of the DC Universe / Mollie Herlocker; title: The New 52 (2011-present) / Jordan Hass and Star Schneider; title: Grayson, Sex and Feminism / Tini Howard; title: Part IV: Ties That Bind: Relationships with Family and Friends; title: Mother Alfred: The Influence of Dick Grayson's "Other Parent" / Bethany F. Brengan; title: Big Brother Dick / Yasmin Lysaker; title: Dick and Damian: The Second Batman and His Robin / Kalina Keester; title: Titans Together / Shelly Sposato and Pamela Shah; title: Darkly Deconstructing the Dynamic Duo: Dick Grayson in Frank Miller / Alexandra Schulz; title: Part V: Interviews; title: Interview with Dennis O'Neil / Kristen L. Geaman; title: Interview with Marv Wolfman / Kristen L. Geaman; title: Interview with Chuck Dixon / Kristen L. Geaman; title: Grayson on Grayson / Kristen L. Geaman; title: Interview with Kyle Higgins / Kristen L. Geaman.